Union Minister for Tourism, Culture &DoNER, G.Kishan Reddy handed over cheques/ sanction letters to the first lot of stakeholders who have been granted the loan/ in-principle approval under the LGSCATSS at an event yesterday in New Delhi. Secretary Tourism Arvind Singh, DG Tourism G Kamala…

Chief Minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio, Minister of State for Tourism & Defence, GoI, Ajay Bhatt and MLA & Advisor Tourism, Government of Nagaland H Khehovi Yeputhomi jointly inaugurated the three-day long 9th International Tourism Mart for the North East Region at Kohima, Nagaland recently.…

Taking note of large-scale scope for creation of employment at tourist destinations, the Ministry of Tourism started the Destination Based Skill Development training programme at 7 iconic sites i.e. Taj Mahal at Agra, Humayun Tomb, Red Fort, Qutub Minar at Delhi, Mahabodhi Temple at Bihar,…

As per estimation in accordance with 3rd Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) for subsequent years namely 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, the contribution of Tourism in total employment of the country is as under: 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 Share in Jobs (in %) 14.78 14.78 15.34 Direct (%)…

The Ministry of Tourism in its ongoing effort to strengthen the Hospitality & Tourism Industry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on 10.11.2021. Ministry of Tourism has already signed similar MOUs with Easy My Trip, Cleartrip,…

Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER G. Kishan Reddy has informed about the inclusion of Bhadarchalam as one of the destinations in the Ramayana Circuit of the pilgrim special train of IRCTC. Reddy said, “The Telugu speaking people across the world, especially from the…

The Ministry of Tourism in association with Ministry of Information & Broadcasting organized a Symposium on Film Tourism at Taj Lands End, Mumbai yesterday. The symposium was jointly chaired by Secretary Tourism, Arvind Singh and Secretary, Information & Broadcasting Apurva Chandra. The symposium aimed to…

Union Minister of Tourism, Culture &DoNER G. Kishan Reddy interacted with the officials of Ministry of Tourism of Culture of Southern zone on the second day of conference of Tourism and Culture Ministers of the Southern Region in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Inaugurated by Reddy, the function…

Despite having 70 per cent of the Himalayas, around 7000 kms of coastline, India being among one of the three countries in the world with both hot and cold deserts, ranks 10th in total area under forest cover and 6th in terms of number of…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kushinagar International Airport today. On the occasion of inauguration of Kushinagar International Airport, Uttar Pradesh, Ministry of Tourism has organised a two days’ conference titled “Tourism in Buddhist Circuit – A way forward” on 20th & 21st October 2021…